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Math and Music
Many math concepts can be taught with music. Functional Melodies is a collection of lesson plans written by Scott Beall. Right now this lens includes an outline of one of his lessons with some of my student's reviews. After my students have posted their comments I will add mine at the bottom.
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Sample Lesson: Functional Composer
"A composer is trying to write a piece of music. She has been inspired with a little melody (motif) but can't seem to come up with any more music...." The lesson goes on to show how basic transformations can give her ideas to modify the original melody.
The Original MotifStudents begin by listening to the original melody. They transcribe it in musical notation and create a graph to represent the melody. Shown here in bold.
The Transformations
The students then listen to changes to the original melody. They transcribe the new melody in musical notation, create a graph to represent it and express the transformation with an Algebraic equation.
A Final Composition
The lesson ends with a composition created from the original motif, the transformed melodies, and some added harmony.
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Functional Melodies at Amazon
Functional Melodies: Finding Mathematical Relationships in Music
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- ScottBeall.com
- Mr. Beall's website describing his book.
- Sample Activity Demos
- Two samples, including audio from the lessons in Functional Melodies
- Key Curriculum Press
- Link to buy Functional Melodies from Key Curriculum.
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I can't wait to see how your students respond! To those that do sign up and respond, welcome to Squidoo, you have a seriously cool teacher!
Posted October 23, 2006
I thought you might. Last time I checked Amazon only add one copy in stock...
Posted October 23, 2006
